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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Arethusa Farm

January 9, 2013 by Steve 4 Comments

Arethusa AreShoesa Arethusa Farm, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Skip to the Arethusa Milk and Homemade Ice Cream page Skip to the Arethusa Cheese page along the CT Cheese Trail Connecticut. After six years of writing this, the pre-eminent website about all the things to do in this little state, I still find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Arethusa, Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Litchfield

Pequot Museum Observation Tower

January 5, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Calvin, casinos, Damian, foxwoods, Great Views, Hoang, Ledyard, Observation Towers

Quaker Diner

January 3, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Quaking With Anticipation Quaker Diner, West Hartford September 2012 I've started a tradition with Damian wherein we go to these classic diners on days it's just us at home. In West Hartford, the public schools have both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana off - which means that our kids have 3 days off in September, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink Tagged With: Classic Diners, Damian, restaurants, West Hartford

2012 Top Comments

December 20, 2012 by Steve 4 Comments

CTMQ Gets Comments Every TV channel, website, magazine and blog does at least one year-end List at the end of the year. I never have before, but in an effort to take my mind off of Newtown without doing much heavy-lifting, I thought I’d put one together. I get a lot of really, really great comments. I’m not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT Tagged With: Blog

Newtown

December 17, 2012 by Steve 8 Comments

Like everyone, I have been in a near-constant state of shock and stupor since 26 women and children were murdered in Newtown three days ago. There is so much to say, yet no way to say any of it as well as I'd wish. There is so much to assess and rectify, yet no one knows where, or how, to begin. For me, writing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT Tagged With: Blog, Family Chronicles, Newtown

Pachaug: Pharisee Rock Trail

December 12, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh Those Pharisees Pharisee Rock Trail, Sterling December 14, 2012 For starters, I don't really care about who the Pharisees were. If you do, rock on. I do care about the Pharisee Rock Trail though - the short one mile in, one mile out trail on the Pachaug Trail in the Ekonk section of Sterling. I realize … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Cool Rocks, Great Views, pachaug state forest, Pachaug Trail, Sterling

240. Sculpturedale

December 11, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Lions and Tigers and Sharp Metal Edges, Oh My! Kent (Google Maps location) September 15, 2012 Having been to 240 museums so far in Connecticut, it stands to reason that I've met some really interesting and talented people. I can add sculptor Denis Curtiss to that growing – but distinctive! – list. I can’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Kent, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art

White Silo Winery

December 10, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

"That Being Said, It's Too Siloed" White Silo Winery, Sherman September 15, 2012 The title on this page, if you didn’t get it, is an homage of sorts to corporate-speak. It’s a crime that locally owned farms with operational silos are disappearing, but middle managers complaining about a work group being too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Sherman

Savino Vineyards

December 7, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

SaviNo or SavinYes? Savino Vineyards, Woodbridge December 2, 2012 There still remain some rare pockets of Connecticut that I’m not familiar with yet. I’m 100% confident that if you knocked me out and blindfolded me and stuck me just about anywhere in the state, I’d know exactly where I was and how to get to where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Woodbridge

– Hoang Drinking at CT Wineries

December 5, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Why I Love My Wife and Why You're Glad You're Not Married to Me Part 67 Congratulations on finding a "hidden" CTMQ page that I created just me for, because it makes me laugh. When I was going over my pages on our wineries I was pleased with the fact that I took the same general picture of my wife at so many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink Tagged With: Blog, Hoang

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